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Chapter 5
BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS*
*Cross reference— Fire prevention and protection, Ch. 7; flood damage prevention, Ch. 8; housing, Ch. 9; planning, Ch. 13; utilities, Ch. 18; zoning, App. A.
ARTICLE I. - IN GENERAL 
ARTICLE II. - INSPECTIONDEPARTMENT
ARTICLE III. - PERMITS
ARTICLE IV. - UNSAFE BUILDINGS
ARTICLE I.
IN GENERAL
Sec. 5-1. Scope of chapter and regulatory codes.
Sec. 5-2. Oversights and dereliction of duty not to legalize violation.
Sec. 5-3. Reserved.
Sec. 5-4. Certificates of occupancy.
Sec. 5-5. Fire limits.
Sec. 5-6. State building code adopted.
Sec. 5-6.2 Wireless telecommunications facilities or complexes.
Sec. 5-7. Replacement of flat/slanted roofs.
Sec. 5-8. Extraterritorial jurisdiction boundaries.
Sec. 5-9. Underground utilities.
Sec. 5-10. Electrical connection.
Sec. 5-11. Unencapsulated polystyrene material.
Secs. 5-12—5-20. Reserved.
Sec. 5-1. Scope of chapter and regulatory codes.
   The provisions of this chapter and of the regulatory codes herein adopted shall apply to the following:
      (1)   The location, design, materials, equipment, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, maintenance, moving, demolition, removal, use and occupancy of every building or structure or any appurtenances connected or attached to such building or structure;
      (2)   The installation, erection, alteration, repair, use and maintenance of plumbing systems consisting of house sewers, building drains, waste and vent systems, hot and cold water supply systems and all fixtures and appurtenances thereof;
      (3)   The installation, erection, alteration, repair, use and maintenance of mechanical systems consisting of heating, ventilating, air conditioning and refrigeration systems, fuel burning equipment and appurtenances thereof;
      (4)   The installation, erection, alteration, repair, use and maintenance of electrical systems and appurtenances thereof.
(Code 1977, § 7-1)
Sec. 5-2. Oversights and dereliction of duty not to legalize violation.
   No oversight or dereliction of duty on the part of any inspector or other official or employee of the inspection department shall be deemed to legalize the violation of any provision of this chapter or any provision of any regulatory code herein adopted.
(Code 1977, § 7-2)
Sec. 5-3. Reserved.
Sec. 5-4. Certificates of occupancy.
   No new building or part thereof shall be occupied, and no addition or enlargement of any existing building shall be occupied, and no existing building after being altered or moved shall be occupied, and no change of occupancy shall be made in any existing building or part thereof, until the inspection department has issued a certificate of occupancy therefor. A temporary certificate of occupancy may be issued for a portion of a building which may safely be occupied prior to final completion and occupancy of the entire building. Application for a certificate of occupancy may be made by the owner or his agent after all final inspections have been made for new buildings, or in the case of existing buildings, after supplying the information and data necessary to determine compliance with this chapter, the appropriate regulatory codes and the zoning ordinance for the occupancy intended. The inspection department shall issue a certificate of occupancy when, after examination and inspection, it is found that the building in all respects conforms to the provisions of this chapter, the regulatory codes and the zoning ordinance for the occupancy intended.
(Code 1977, § 7-5)
Sec. 5-5. Fire limits.
   The following limits, areas and boundaries within the town are hereby established and defined to be the areas, limits, boundaries and territory constituting the fire limits of and within the town, which are described as follows:
   Beginning at a point in the southeastern edge of Lot 31 Block 18 and South Shore Drive; running thence in a northerly direction parallel with South Shore Drive to North Shore Drive; thence, along and with North Shore Drive to the northeastern edge of Lot 4, Block 22; thence, along and with the property lines in a westwardly direction to the northwestern edge of Lot 2, Block 22 at the eastern edge of North Topsail Drive; thence, southwestwardly along and with North Topsail Drive to South Topsail Drive; thence, along and with South Topsail Drive to the southwestern edge of Lot 12 Block 18; thence, along and with the property lines in a eastwardly direction to the point of beginning.
(Code 1977, § 7-6; Ord. No. 1993-31, § 1, 10-5-93; Ord. No. 1994-1, § 1, 1-5-94; Ord. No. 2004-44, 11-3-04)
Cross reference— Fire prevention and protection, Ch. 7.
Sec. 5-6. State building code adopted.
   The minimum standards, provisions and requirements for safe and stable design, methods of construction and usage of materials in buildings and structures erected, enlarged, altered, repaired, moved, converted to other uses or demolished and the equipment, maintenance, use and occupancy of all buildings and structures in the town to which the state building code applies, shall be regulated by the North Carolina State Building Code, which is hereby adopted and incorporated in this chapter by reference as though fully set forth herein, and such amendments thereto as are prepared and published from time to time by the state building code council and approved by the state insurance commissioner. A certified copy of such code is on file in the office of the town clerk.
State law reference— Municipal authority to adopt building codes by reference, G.S. 160A-76, 143-138(e); state building codes, G.S. 143-138 et seq.
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